Baby carriage construction



July 27, 1937. J. GLICK BABY CARRIAGE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 15, 1936 JM @121? a Patented July 27, 1937 PATENT OFFICE 7 2,088,200- BABY CARRIAGE CONSTRUCTION Jack Glick, New York,

N. Y., assignor of onehalf to Benjamin Lederman, New York, N. Y.

Application November 13, 1936, Serial No. 110,631

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improvement in baby carriage construction, and particularly to a means by which a clock, watch or timepiece may be mounted on a portion of the carriage to render 5 it visible for time-telling and accessible for winding and adjustment when necessary.

As is well known, the importance of attending to the wants of an infant with punctuality cannot be overestimated. This is particularly true of .0 feedin periods. Often a mother or nursegirl, not conscious of feeding time, inadvertently fails to feed her infant punctually. This generally occurs when the child is outdoors in its carriage and the person in charge of the child is .5 without a timepiece.

The object of this invention therefore, is to provide a mounting for a clock or watch on a baby carriage whereby the dial or face of the timepiece will be visible to the person propelling the carriage or taking care of the infant occupant of it and will not only serve to constantly apprise the mother or nurse of the time of the day, but will make her time-conscious and thereby cause her to be punctual in attending to the feeding wants of the infant.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a clock or watchin the body of the carriage so mounted as to present its dial or face exteriorly of the carriage to thereby be easily visible to a person walking in the propelling position of the carriage and without disturbing the infant occupant.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein several embodiments of the invention are shown, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a baby carriage showing the end panel of the body thereof provided with a clock; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the upper portion of the end panel showing the clock mounting; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the clock mounted in the sun. vizor of the carriage.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing is shown a baby carriage of conventional construction provided with. the chassis 5 on which is mounted the body 6 having an end panel I, propelling handle 8, and a collapsible top 9 provided with a foldable sun vizor ID. All of the elements just mentioned are conventional in baby carriage construction and form no part of the invention.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the end panel I of the body is provided near its upper end with an aperture II receiving a plate or panel I2 which is hinged at I3, and provided with a knob I4 or other means by which it may be swung to an open position when desired. The plate or panel I2 forms a mounting for a clock I5 having its face or dial I6 facing the outside surface of the plate orpanel I2 and in a such a position that it is plainly visible to a person standing behind the propelling handle 8 and engaged in propelling the carriage. The interior of the carriage is padded as at IT in the usual manner and said padding is provided with a recess I8 directly behind the casing of the clock I to receive and accommodate the rearwardly projecting winding knobs and other adjustments for the clock as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In its usual position the clock appears as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with only its face exposed and its rear portion accommodated in the recess I8 and covered and concealed by the padding II. In such a position, the dial of the clock is always visible to the person propelling the carriage so that such person is thereby made time-conscious and'will accordingly take care of, the needs of the child at the proper time. To wind the clock it is merely necessary to swing the plate or panel I2 away from the body of the carriage on the hinges I3 so that the winding and setting means at the back of the clock are instantly accessible. It will also be noted that the propelling handle forms an enclosure and is therefore a means of protection for the clock face and prevents it from breakage should the carriage collide with anything.

While I have shown the clock situated in the end panel 1 ofv the carriage, it is obvious that it may be elsewhere located, its location being mainly dependent upon the structure of each type of carriage in which it is tobe installed. It is desirable however, that the face of the clock be projected toward or visible to the nuresmaid or person propelling the carriage so. that the time can always be ascertained without disturbing the occupant of the carriage. For example, in Fig. 3, the hinged or movable sun vizor II] is shown provided with a clock 20 which may be installed directly in the sun vizor or in a separate plate 2|, attached thereto. These and other modifications. may be'readily made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

V In combination, a baby carriage having a body.

tioned in said recess with the dial of the clockset in an opening in the closure plate and with the dial viewable at the rear side of the panel and positioned to be pr'otectedby the carriage propelling handle. i

JACK GLICK. 

